Saturday 12 March 2011

March Instructor's Seminar 2011

This seminar was a great opportunity to learn so many aikido teaching principles. We had a great group of senseis! There are many memorable moments, and I thought I'd take a moment to write down a few of them. I hope you enjoy!

Nakayama sensei: He tells his university students: "There are 3 types of listening."

1. Listen like you're hearing this for the first time. 2. Listen like this

Saturday 5 March 2011

Spelunking




It was just another Saturday morning. Then came a text that said "Want to go explore a cave today?" My first reaction was "No, I already have so much stuff to do today." And then my sense of adventure kicked that thought and said "What are you talking about? What else do you have to do that will even compare to something like this?"
We found the cave entrance, which was literally a little hole